Tell us something really trivial about your life Volume 40
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psi310398 said:
pequod said:
No such implication inferred, ol' boy, simply thought it would be a neasy cryptic clue to solve for his Dickyness....
Catholic interrupting her much distressed after knees-up in place of worship (4,6)
Ah. Gotcha. Catholic interrupting her much distressed after knees-up in place of worship (4,6)
I’ll leave this one for the record-breaking poster du jour, then. Error_404_Username_not_found said:
Congratulations to Sir Dicky (he of the ticker) on consistently setting such a high bar in trivia for so long.
Well done to Magoo for returning one (1) operational Sid to the bosom of his family. That could have turned a bit nasty.
IOTN I have just blown 140 smackeroos on a pair of scissors. Actually Classic Tailor Shears, hand made by magic goblins in a faraway land called Sheffield.
There's a fourteen weeks waiting list so they might be here in time for the Memsahib's Christmas present. She is an astonishingly skilled dressmaker/tailor and general needleworker and I reckon she deserves the best of tools.
To be fair she has never complained about my addiction to buying tools, so fair play.
Did you have a recent tool buying expedition to the South Coast?Well done to Magoo for returning one (1) operational Sid to the bosom of his family. That could have turned a bit nasty.
IOTN I have just blown 140 smackeroos on a pair of scissors. Actually Classic Tailor Shears, hand made by magic goblins in a faraway land called Sheffield.
There's a fourteen weeks waiting list so they might be here in time for the Memsahib's Christmas present. She is an astonishingly skilled dressmaker/tailor and general needleworker and I reckon she deserves the best of tools.
To be fair she has never complained about my addiction to buying tools, so fair play.
Bomma R1 said:
DickyC said:
Bomma R1 said:
Snoopy and Woodstock on holiday in the UK, Australia or Japan. Sixty four countries drive on the left; I looked it up.Okay, on balance I'd say they are in Malta.
We're popping over there later, I'll keep a look out for them
I shall skulk back to 221B Baker Street in disgrace.
glenrobbo said:
Guten Morgabend Triveleuteren! 
Perhaps Snoopy and Woodstock are driving on the beach in Wales.
Does the 20 mph limit apply at Pendine?
It would prevent a recurrence of that terrible incident with Babs.
Must dash, I'm busy Robbopopping, back later!
I have Owen Owen's signature. Perhaps Snoopy and Woodstock are driving on the beach in Wales.
Does the 20 mph limit apply at Pendine?
It would prevent a recurrence of that terrible incident with Babs.
Must dash, I'm busy Robbopopping, back later!
My dad was in the bar at the Yacht Club in Salcombe as usual and started talking to a chap who had just come in for a drink and it turned out to be the restorer of Babs. Babs wasn't the barmaid in the Yacht Club. The bar was tended by a barman called Brian. Knowing I'd be interested, Dad asked Owen Owen to sign something for me. This is how I came to own a very tired beermat with a biro squiggle.
Happy Birthday, Nij.
Babs was originally built for Count Louis Zborowski as one of his Chitty Bang Bang cars. I'm not making this up. He had two quite distinct views on cars, the Chitty Bang Bangs had huge engines but he could also see the sense in small, lightweight cars with much smaller engines. For the 1922 season he commissioned a pair of 1.5 litre Aston Martins to race in the French Grand Prix. They were both doing well in the race but neither finished. Zborowski drove one and Clive Gallop the other. Both cars still exist. One is in Beaulieu and the other is in private hands and is still raced. At the 2022 French Grand Prix it was driven by Sebastian Vettel. Not during the race, no
Like most works Astons of that period it had a nickname. It is called Green Pea. Did I mention I'm not making this up?
Babs was originally built for Count Louis Zborowski as one of his Chitty Bang Bang cars. I'm not making this up. He had two quite distinct views on cars, the Chitty Bang Bangs had huge engines but he could also see the sense in small, lightweight cars with much smaller engines. For the 1922 season he commissioned a pair of 1.5 litre Aston Martins to race in the French Grand Prix. They were both doing well in the race but neither finished. Zborowski drove one and Clive Gallop the other. Both cars still exist. One is in Beaulieu and the other is in private hands and is still raced. At the 2022 French Grand Prix it was driven by Sebastian Vettel. Not during the race, no
Like most works Astons of that period it had a nickname. It is called Green Pea. Did I mention I'm not making this up?
witteringon said:
Back in the day I did quite a bit of business with a firm called Vintage Wings. They occupied a rambling old mill building in Delph, just outside of Oldham. The place was a hive of activity, fabricating all manner of panels and bodywork for vintage and classic vehicles.
On one visit the proprietor, Phil Sergeant,mentioned that they were doing the bodywork for Babs. This would have been in the 1980s IIRC, but I did not see the car.
Marvellous. IIRC they saved as much as possible. If a panel was corroded all round its edges, they would offer it up where it should sit on the car and create new sides and ends to weld on. A labour of love.On one visit the proprietor, Phil Sergeant,mentioned that they were doing the bodywork for Babs. This would have been in the 1980s IIRC, but I did not see the car.
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